Environmental protection as international security: Conserving the Pentagon's island bases in the Asia-Pacific

被引：6

作者：

Harris, Peter ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Govt, Austin, TX 78712 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL | 2014年 / 69卷 / 03期

关键词：

Island bases; environmental protection; international security; Marine National Monuments; Marine Protected Areas; US foreign policy; Asia-Pacific region; geopolitics; GUAM;

D O I：

10.1177/0020702014538772

中图分类号：

D81 [国际关系];

学科分类号：

030207 ;

摘要：

Island bases are integral to US grand strategy in the Asia-Pacific. In this article, I discuss the increasingly common practice of using environmental protection initiatives to secure the Pentagon's hold on these prized assets. I argue that nature reserves on or around militarized sites on Guam, the Central Pacific islands, and Diego Garcia serve to buttress US political control over the territory concerned. In short, nature reserves in the Pacific and Indian oceans give vital political cover to the island fortresses that they envelop by adding a public relations-friendly rationale for the US military's occupation of colonized territories as well as an additional layer of politico-legal control.

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页码：377 / 393

页数：17